overseer
IPA: ˈoʊvɝsˈiɝ
noun
- One who oversees or supervises.
- (historical) The manager of a plantation of slaves.
- (historical) An officer responsible for the care of the poor, making out lists of voters and those who had not paid taxes, etc.
- (obsolete) A critic.
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Examples of "overseer" in Sentences
- Akiba filled the office of an overseer of the poor.
- He is the overseer and the permitter of their actions.
- It was signed by the overseer of the State doing the inviting.
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